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Below is the full text of Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth's response to the statement by Sajid Javid on the lifting of Covid restrictions today. Can I pay tribute to the England side? We are proud of each and every one of them…
Kate Green has warned that ministers must "learn from their mistakes" and demanded that the government set out a plan for assessments in 2022 by the time pupils return at the start of the school year on September 1st. Speaking at an Edge…
Challenging Matt Hancock over the allegations made against the Health Secretary during an evidence session on Wednesday, Jonathan Ashworth argued that bereaved families and the wider public "deserve clear answers". Addressing parliament…
Jonathan Ashworth has accused ministers of implementing "lockdowns by stealth" after it emerged that the government updated Covid public health guidance last week without an official announcement or notifying affected councils. Following an…
MPs have voted down a Labour motion, by a majority of 103, that would have required the government to publish its internal review of the handling of the pandemic in a bid to protect the lifting of health restrictions in June. 264 MPs voted…
Child poverty in Britain is rising. It was rising before the pandemic and it is set to rise further still. Today, the end child poverty commission reveals that there are 408,000 more children living in poverty than there were five years…
Labour has tabled a motion calling on the government to publish its internal review of the handling of the coronavirus pandemic to ensure that lessons can be learned to protect the lifting of health restrictions on June 21st. Ahead of the…
Labour frontbencher Wes Streeting, who was newly appointed to Keir Starmer's shadow cabinet in the reshuffle last weekend, is set to take time out for kidney cancer treatment, he has revealed today. Party members, MPs and figures from…
Labour is urging Boris Johnson to "set the record straight" after the Prime Minister falsely claimed today that the opposition party had voted against a proposed 2.1% pay rise for NHS workers in England. During Prime Minister's Questions…
Kate Green has criticised the Education Secretary for giving rise to "more weeks of anxiety for young people and their teachers" as he outlined that guidance from exam boards on assessments will only be available at the end of the spring…
Boris Johnson has continued to use Theresa May’s old tactic of ignoring opposition day votes. The government adopted this approach last week for the free school meals and Universal Credit motions, arguing that Labour was trying to make…
Kate Green has told government ministers that they must set out the "components of the strategy" for returning children to schools as Boris Johnson has suggested that the current restrictions could start to ease next month. Speaking to BBC…
